Content about The Family History Library

Family History can be a solo activity. It is ironic that the nature of genealogical research is often that it isolates us from our families. We find ourselves alone in a family history center or The Family History Library at a computer or a microfilm reader looking at records. We spend time pouring over transcriptions late into the evening when the rest of the family has gone to bed.

Family History can be a solo activity. It is ironic that the nature of genealogical research is often that it isolates us from our families. We find ourselves alone in a family history center or The Family History Library at a computer or a microfilm reader looking at records. We spend time pouring over transcriptions late into the evening when the

The Federation of Genealogical Societies conference is going in right now in Ft. Wayne, Indiana home of the Allen County Public Library. The Allen County Library is one of the largest genealogical libraries in the United States.

The Federation of Genealogical Societies conference is going in right now in Ft. Wayne, Indiana home of the Allen County Public Library. The Allen County Library is one of the largest genealogical libraries in the United States.

This week FamilySearch and the other libraries involved in their book digitization project (BYU, Allen County Public Library, Clayton Library, and Mid-Continent Library) announced a milestone of 100,000 books published online. The effort to digitize books that are out of copyright, and make them available on FamilySearch.org has been ongoing for several years, but has picked up speed over the last two years.

This week FamilySearch and the other libraries involved in their book digitization project (BYU, Allen County Public Library, Clayton Library, and Mid-Continent Library) announced a milestone of 100,000 books published online. The effort to digitize books that are out of copyright, and make them available on FamilySearch.org has been ongoing for several years,

Many years ago I visited The Family History Library. I had received a significant amount of genealogical information from my grandmother and I wanted to continue the work that she and my grandfather had done over many years. I had never done genealogical research before and I understood little about what was required. I was anxious to learn what I needed to do and find additional information.

Wow, it was a great week at RootsTech last week. There were more than 4,500 attendees, making this the largest genealogical conference in the United States. There were more than 2,500 visitors to The Family History Library for the Friday night event. The Library was open late, until midnight, and at 11:00 there were still more than 500 patrons in the Library.